Type of Officer: Kansas Highway PatrolJurisdiction: HaysCounty: EllisDeath Date: 12/16/1944Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: Automobile AccidentTrooper Plummer, the first Kansas Highway Patrol officer to die in the line of duty, was fatally injured in an...
Type of Officer: City MarshalJurisdiction: EllisCounty: EllisDeath Date: 11/15/1921Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotMarshal Miller was fatally shot while trying to stop a public disturbance created by a group of “toughs” led by a notorious...
Type of Officer: SheriffJurisdiction: Ellis CountyCounty: EllisDeath Date: 6/7/1875Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotEllis County Sheriff Ramsey, noted for his effectiveness as an officer, was traveling to Stockton in Rooks County, with Deputy...
Type of Officer: SheriffJurisdiction: Ellis CountyCounty: EllisDeath Date: 7/18/1871Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotA former deputy of Wild Bill Hickok, “Rattlesnake Pete” Lanihan (or Lanahan) defeated Hickok in the sheriff’s election of 1869....
